A Pot Pourri in Terracotta Jar, featuring a brown clay body with a lid, two side handles, and rope tied around the neck—evoking the look of vessels from historic apothecaries—set against a plain white background.
A small terracotta Pot Pourri jar with a white inner lining, filled with a traditional herbal blend, sits with its lid placed beside it on a white background.
Pot Pourri in Terracotta Jar featuring an unglazed clay vessel with two side handles, a round embossed design on the front, and a matching lid resting at an angle—capturing the timeless allure of jars once used in historic pharmacies to store prized herbal blends and traditional formulas.

santa maria novella

Pot Pourri in Terracotta Jar

$110

A blend of buds, leaves, roots, and berries, prepared to a formula that hasn't changed in more than three hundred years, aged for months inside earthenware sealed with wax until the oils fully take hold. The jar itself is hand-shaped and unglazed, part of a tradition tracing back to 1221, when Dominican friars first grew herbs for their monastery infirmary, in what became the oldest pharmacy still in operation. Lift the lid to release the scent, and stir now and then to keep it going. Nothing to remember except to leave the lid slightly ajar.

Dimensions: D: 4.25in H: 6in
Material: Clove Oil, Peru Balsam Oil, Camphor, Thymol, Linalyl Acetate, Linalool, Citrus Aurantium Dulcis Oil Terpeneless, 1,8-Cineol, P-Cymene, Orange Oil, Benzyl Cinnamate, Dihydroeugenol, Rosemary Oil, A-Pinene, B-Cariophyllene, Nopyl Acetate, B-Pinene, Lavandula Hybrida Oil, Nerolidol, Tetrahydrolinalool, Eugenol, Methyl Isoeugenol, Gurjun Balsam, Terpinolene, Laurus Nobilis Oil, Geranyl Acetate, Juniperus Virginiana Oil, Dihydroterpinyl Acetate, Isoeugenol.
Care: Remove the cord and open the jar. Take out the sachet, open it, and pour the Pot Pourri into the jar. Remove the lid when in use to diffuse the fragrance. To revive the scent, stir occasionally. Replenish with a new pot pourri refill bag when the fragrance fades.
Capacity: 150 g - net wt 5.30 oz.

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150g
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About the Brand

Founded in Florence in 1221 by Dominican friars, Santa Maria Novella is one of the world's oldest apothecaries. What began as a monastic pursuit of herbal remedies grew into something larger: the friars treated one of the city's most powerful merchant families, who repaid them with a chapel that still houses the shop today. In 1533, Catherine de' Medici brought their apprentice perfumer with her to the French court, carrying the workshop's name across Europe before the pharmacy had even opened its doors to the public. When it finally did, it drew the patronage of the Grand Duke of Tuscany himself. What began as balms and remedies for the sick gradually gave way to fragrance, skincare, and traditional soapmaking, though the address never changed, and neither, in large part, did the methods. Each product still reflects that same slowness, made with care, in the heart of Florence.

Manufactured

Italy

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